Agnes Martin

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  print January 1985

  Light

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  print April 1973

  Reflections

  I’d like to talk about the perfection underlying life
  
  when the mind is covered over with perfection
  
  and the heart is filled with delight
  
  but I wish not to deny the rest.
  
  In our minds there is awareness of perfection
  
  when we look with our eyes we see it,
  
  and how it function s is mysterious to us and unavailable.
  
  When we live our lives it’s something like a race
  
  —our minds become concerned and covered over
  
  and we get depressed and have to get away for
  
  a holiday.
  
  And then sometimes there are moments of perfection
  
  and in these moments we wonder why we ever
  
  thought life was difficult.
  
  We think